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Guess that ends the brief tenure of Coach Miller. It's a shame. He was quite popular with the OL. Difficult to tell who is driving the bus here. Seems we're inudated with former Utah coaches. I kind of thought were beyond a testing ground for smaller school assistants.

Coach Anderson was hired based on what he can potentially do for the program.A coaches success or failure will hopefully be based on his own decisions. You don't bring in a head coach only to tell him who he must hire as assistant coaches. Wisconsin hired Coach Anderson because they believe in what he can do, and that includes picking his own staff. If he fails, it will be on him, but give the guy a break and let him do it his way. He will be fine.

Seems like all things Utah are coming to Madison. Is there anyone on the staff, other than retained coaches, who did not previously coach at Utah? While Utah is a BCS conference school today, that was not the case until last year. My concern with so many coaches with west coast connections is that they need to make in roads on the grounds the Wisconsin has recently had success recruiting. I'm hoping for the best, but so far, am not overwelmed by the assistant hires.

Yes, it does not surprise me to see connections based on past experiece. What concerns me is the concentration. In my view, it increases the chances that this coaching staff could be a gigantic failure. Hope to be wrong, but I'm less confident than I was a few weeks ago.

I like Miller, but he got what is called a "field promotion" in the military -- when the next higher rank gets wounded or worse. I do not know that he is ready to coach the O-Line -- certainly, he was better than Markuson.

I am amazed that the HC Andersen would do this over Barry Alvarez' recommendation, and happy that he did do it. Now, let's hope Andersen's next pick, a WR Coach, can get one or more wide receivers ready for next season -- the last guy did not, just a lot of tough talk.

Let's get this coaching staff settled down and keep them together. Bret, IMO, slapped together a bunch of guys who had no interwoven relationships.

gaffy, it wasn't like this was Millers' first year as a GA. Maybe he only really knew how to coach the OL and Andersen wanted his own man.Can a OL coach teach the intricisies(?) of the TE or WR position. Remember at UW, the TE and WR have to be solid,cause when they do throw to them , it's almost a "must" that it is caught.Sure hope the new WR coach knows how to develope guys. Assanini didn't.

You hire a HC to win; you have to let him hire his own staff. I'm sure BA gave Miller a good rec and I'm sure Andersen considered him but, in the end, I have no problem with any of his hires and seriously doubt BA will either. BA will simply help Miller land somewhere good.

My guess is Pat Richter didn't tell Barry Alvarez who to hire and there's no way BA should tell Gary Andersen who to hire. The head coach has to feel comfortable with his staff. If, for whatever reason, GA felt he should hire somebody other than Bart Miller, so be it.

Coach Boulware grew up in and played at Texas, coached in the midwest, coached at a successful giant-killer at Utah, coached at a big-time program at Auburn, and has worked with the current head coach. He meets all the criteria. He's part of what appears to be a better staff--top to bottom.

This appears to be a strong hire. Pulling a coach from the vaunted SEC is a nice feather in the cap. Wisconsin recruits strong TE talent, so like OL and RB, it is a premium coaching position. You will get to work with top talent. Having a spectacular special teams resume to go along with a solid coaching pedigree, this looks like a VERY strong hire.

It will be interesting to see what happens at the WR coaching position. Wisconsin has not historically had a lot of top notch WR talent. There are exceptions, of course, but it's not exactly WR-U

Anderson is doing the smart thing bringing in guys hes familiar with, should make for a kinder transition for the players too.This hire is interesting for two reasons;1. This coach could renew our recruiting presence in Texas2. If Hammock leaves someday, he could take over as RB coach.

I like the way this staff has come together! Andersen worked with most of these guys on other successful staffs, they all went to other places and learned more, now they are back together. That means cohesiveness and experience. I would have liked them to keep Miller as well but it would have been tough for the new coach with him around.

Amazingly, UW wound up with enough votes to finish 30th in USA Today/Coaches poll at year end. Playing Stanford as tough and as close as we did got us votes. Not awful for a down year but expect us to climb the rankings next year. Can't tell how high until we see the new staff in action. Could be really good.